Allegorithmic releases Substance Designer 6
Big update adds new tools for recreating real-world materials via photogrammetry, 32-bit workflow, 8K texture baking.
Wednesday, February 15th, 2017
32-bit
Imagineer Systems releases mocha Pro 5.2
Planar tracker gets new floating and $99 render licence types; GPU tracking supports 32-bit footage.
Monday, December 12th, 2016
Serif releases Affinity Photo for Windows
Now shipping: Promising sub-$50 32-bit image editor now available for Windows as well as Mac OS X.
Thursday, December 8th, 2016
FXhome ships HitFilm Pro 2017 and Ignite Pro 2017
All-in-one editing, compositing and VFX app gets 32-bit workflow, 8K res, new editing and grading tools.
Thursday, November 17th, 2016
RandomControl ships ArionFX for After Effects, Nuke
Formerly Photoshop-only 32-bit HDR image-editing tool now available for compositing software.
Monday, September 26th, 2016
RandomControl releases ArionFX for Photoshop 3.5
Photoshop add-on for editing HDR images gets support for 32-bit colour grading, new lens effects.
Friday, August 26th, 2016
The GIMP team announces GIMP 2.9
Big update to open-source image-editing tool adds support for 32-bits-per-channel colour, OpenEXR files.
Monday, November 30th, 2015
Rendering Systems releases ShaderMap 3
Inexpensive texture map creation tool gets new baking options, image filters, support for 32-bit workflow.
Tuesday, April 7th, 2015
Inria ships Natron 1.2 plus new snapshot builds
Test upcoming features in the free, VFX-ready compositor, including the new script editor and Python API.
Monday, February 9th, 2015
Alexandra Institute releases Elementacular 1.2
Turn any model into an relightable cloud and render it as a 32-bit HDR with this neat Maya plugin.
Friday, November 21st, 2014
Adobe releases free beta of Photoshop CS6
New UI, new OpenEXR capabilities, more speed - but will that Content Aware Move tool actually work?
Thursday, March 22nd, 2012